The Queanbeyan Kangaroos have been fined $1000 and their reserve-grade captain-coach Peter Hunt has been suspended for the rest of the season for singing the club's expletive-laden victory song in front of spectators.

While they are appealing the decision to the Country Rugby League, the Kangaroos have already paid the fine, clearing the way for their first-grade side to face the Queanbeyan Blues in Sunday's Canberra Raiders Cup major semi-final at Seiffert Oval.

The incident took place after the Kangaroos' reserve-grade team beat the Gungahlin Bulls in last Sunday's spiteful minor semi-final at Workers Arena in Goulburn.

While admitting singing the song in front of the grandstand was "disgusting", Kangaroos first-grade coach Aaron Gorrell said the sanctions were out of line when compared with several other incidents in the competition this season.

They include the West Belconnen club being fined $250 for a spectator pushing another person into a referee and verbally abusing the official; a West Belconnen trainer suspended to the end of the season for man-handling two Kangaroos under-18 players; and Goulburn first-grade players Luke Turner and Nathan Chappell receiving suspended four and two-game bans, respectively, for striking – allowing them to play in the finals.

"It's a bit harsh compared to the other punishments they've been dishing out to everyone else," Gorrell said.

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"I'm not saying Peter Hunt's in the right for what the team did, I think it's disgusting what happened.

"But look at a few different things that have happened – a $1000 fine for swearing to $250 for assaulting a referee."

The matter was heard at the Canberra Region Rugby League judiciary on Wednesday night.

Kangaroos players were unable to get into their change-room immediately after the game, having to wait 20 minutes until the A-grade match between Goulburn and West Belconnen started.

Kangaroos football club president Leigh Kiely said he wanted the song banned, but it was up to the players whether they complied.

"We don't condone it in any way, shape or form, it's not a very nice song," Kiely said.

"In saying that, there was foul language coming from that grandstand the whole game.

"I was running water and I could hear it from the middle of the oval, and it wasn't our club."

Kiely wrote a letter to the CRRL to highlight what he described as the "light sentence" handed out to West Belconnen compared to the penalities imposed on the Kangaroos in 2008.

After a referee was sprayed with liquid at a finals game at Seiffert Oval, the Kangaroos were fined $500, placed on a 12-month good behaviour bond and had to provide security at all their home games to escort the referee off the field at half-time and full-time.

CRRL executive officer Karen Ebsworth said each case was judged on an individual basis

"Those three cases [this year] are all completely different types of incidents," Ebsworth said.

"The subcommittee who hear these matters make a decision on what's placed in front of them.

"It's like comparing apples and oranges."

Turner and Chappell were cited after Goulburn's 16-10 win in the minor semi-final against West Belconnen.

Warriors duo John Papalii and Bobby Roberts will have their cases heard next week.